Very stressful - Department Manager Menards Employee Review

3.0
Nov 6, 2012
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Pros

good pay, learned a lot about a variety of different products. Good resume builder.

Cons

Long hours, store management seems to think that department managers and assistants are machines and assign way too many tasks. Dont expect to have very much time off. I worked at Menards for 8 years, worked in 3 different states and opened up 2 new stores, was terminated for allowing a guest to return a utv that was purchased only 2 hours before and had not been driven. Company culture seems very anti-employee and you are always walking on eggshells.

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